Fastener for buttons.



Nc. 633,868. j Patented sept, 26', |899.

A. H. LoHsE. FASTENER F08 BUTTUNS.

(Application led In. 20, 1899.)

(Ilo Modal.)

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' point out the novel features in the appended' button with the fastenerthereon.

.of the button a metal plate 2 is secured. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR I-I. LOHSE, 0F NEW YORK, YN. Y.

FASTENER Foe BUTTONS'.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 683,868, datedSeptember 26, 1899.

Application filed March 20, 1899.

-To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. LOHSE, of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Fasteners for Buttons, Hooks, and Eyes, of whichthe following is afull, clear, and exact description. v

This invention relates to improvements in devicesfor fastening buttons,hooks, and eyes to garments or fabrics; and the object is to provide asimple device by means ofl which a button, hook, and eye may bev quicklysecured in place without the use of thread, as is the usual method. y

I willdescribe a fastener for buttons, hooks, and eyes embodying myinvention and then claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts inall the figures.

v Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a button and the several partsof the fastener dismembered. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a Fig. 3 is asectional view indicating the position of parts before attaching thebutton to a gar. ment, and Fig. shows the button as attached.

Referring to the drawings, 1v designates a button of any suitablematerial and'provided with perforations or eyes. To the underside havehere shown the plate as secured to the button by means of a rivet 3,passing through l Serial No, 709,796. (No model.)

an eye of the button and through the plate. At the end of the plateadjacent to the rivet 3 is a tongue 4, and passing through an eye of thebutton directly opposite to that receiving the rivet and also throughthe plate 2 is a fastening-pin 5, which is inclined'toward the tongue 4,as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In fastening a button the pin 5 is to be forced through the cloth 5c.Then the pin-point is to be pressed outward through the cloth and thetongue turned down upon the end of the pin. Obviously a button fastenedin this manner cannot become loose or torn ott, andffurther, by vthe useof my fastener a considerable amount of time is saved in attachingbuttons to a garment.

`While I have shown and-described my fastener in connection with abutton, it is to be understood thatit may be used for securing hooks andeyes.

Having th us described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 4The combinationwith a button having eyes -through it, of a plate, a rivet passingthrough an Veye of the button and through the piate, a pin extendingthrough another eye of the butL ton and through the plate, the said pinand rivet 'serving to hold the button and plate together, and a tongueon the plate adapted to be turned against the pin, substantially asspecified.

ARTHUR H. LOI-ISE.

Witnesses:

JNO. M. RITTER, C. R. FERGUSON.

